Unit 11a: Health IT in the Future Component 7: Working With HIT Systems This material was developed by Johns Hopkins University, funded by the Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology under Award Number IU24OC Learning Objectives Speculate the relationship between HIT and health reform Suggest alternative designs for usable & supportive HIT Hypothesize how HIT may intersect with publicly available data to improve health (i.e. Point of Sale, Weather, GIS, foods, etc.) Predict avenues of future innovations in HIT Component 7/Unit 112 Health IT Workforce Curriculum Version 2.0/Spring 2011 Reform of the US Healthcare System Patient Protection & Affordable Care Act of 2010 CMS Center For Innovations journeys of care, not fragments of care (Berwick) ACA AHRQ Center for QI and Patient Safety Telehealth expansion Image Source:Component 7/Unit 113 Health IT Workforce Curriculum Version 2.0/Spring 2011 Health IT: Hope, Hype, and How to Avoid the Road to Hell (Elective Video) Image Source:Component 7/Unit 114 Health IT Workforce Curriculum Version 2.0/Spring 2011 Alternative Designs for HIT Where might alternative designs take us? Wearable computers Implantable chips Mobile solutions for mobile clinicians I-phone like apps Advanced smart phones Robots Implantable Chips The COW (computer on wheels), a dying breed Component 7/Unit 115 Health IT Workforce Curriculum Version 2.0/Spring 2011 Component 7/Unit 116 Health IT Workforce Curriculum Version 2.0/Spring 2011 This Completes Part 1 of Unit 11